Welcome Chaparral Studio Art 1 Students!!

                             WELCOME STUDIO ART 1 STUDENTS!!!!!
In case you missed the first day of school- WELCOME!! I'm very excited to be with you for the year. Today, we went over the syllabus, here it is...

Course Syllabus

Instructor: Ms. Emily Edwards

Room: 209 Building: G

Phone 480-484-6500 Ext.6677

Help Times: TBA

Website: www.Msedwardsartroom.blogspot.com

Instructor: Emily Edwards moved to Phoenix a year ago from Falmouth, Massachusetts. She holds a BA in Fine Arts with an emphasis in Oil Painting. She previously worked for six years in Massachusetts teaching in grades Kindergarten through high school. During these years she worked on her abstract oil paintings and started her Master’s degree. She finished her Master’s Degree in Art Education in December 2012 and had her first solo art show. In 2013, while working at a K-8 public school in Sandwich, Massachusetts, she received word that her school was closing after the next year. Deciding to make a drastic change, she applied for jobs all over the U.S. She decided to take the position that was offered in Arizona and worked for one year at a K-8 charter school in Phoenix. During this time she realized that teaching art in the high school setting was what she was most passionate about. While very proud of the work she did at the charter and especially proud of coaching the first co-ed middle school soccer team, she applied primarily to high schools. She is thrilled and excited to share her love of art with the Chaparral students. A former soccer player, she now enjoys hiking, running, and biking with her boyfriend. She also loves cats and has two, Neffie an evil half-Siamese and Ron Weasley a friendly orange tabby.

Course Description and Goals: Studio Art 1 is a two semester foundational course providing an introduction to the structure and language of visual art. Students will be studying visual arts using the four components of a quality art program: aesthetics, art criticism, art history, and studio production. Using the elements and principles of design, students will produce quality visual art and develop the ability to apply the language of art. The study of visual arts should help a student realize that art is a combination of hard work, practice, and reflection which leads to the knowledge of design as both process and product. In order to accomplish this, the goal is to guide students through sequential lessons, which will promote a visual art student’s need to communicate, express themselves personally, celebrate and display their art.

Requirements: Students will be expected to develop a portfolio of two and three-dimensional work. They will follow teacher directed assignments, which will help them in learning about visual arts. Their artwork will be guided by specific technical and conceptual assignments. Students will be expected to keep track of their portfolio contents through checklists. Assignments will be evaluated by student and teacher using rubrics that the student will be aware of as the unit begins. Grading will be reflected in the rubric. Each rubric will show careful consideration for specific objectives of the assignment. Included as assessments will be student notebooks, journals/reflections, class projects, class group participation, portfolios, exams, quizzes and homework. Tests will include vocabulary and application assessments in which students demonstrate what they have learned technically. Every student is expected to work every day in order to keep a goal of high expectations. Student work will be constantly assessed informally as they work during class time. Students will be required to participate in self-evaluations and group critiques. These important discussions will enhance learning and articulation of their work. Students will become more critically aware of visual relationships in their work and that of others. Art history will often be added as a component of art production where applicable.

Grading:

72% Assessment: Unit projects/Exams, Quizzes, Mastery Practice, Self-Reflection/Rubric

18% Checks for Understanding: Skills practice, Vocabulary, Worksheets, Bell work, Presentations, Research

10% Semester Final Exam

Late Work Policy: Students are allowed five extra days to turn in assignments AFTER the assigned due date. During this time in class they are to work on current class work only. Students may work at home or come in during tutor time to catch-up. After five school days, the student’s grade will be displayed as “NS” and calculated as a zero for failure to submit the assignment. If work is turned in complete after the five extra days, the COMPLETED assignment will be evaluated by the teacher and reduced by one letter grade and MUST be turned in prior to the end of the quarter in which the assignment was due. Students are always given ample time to complete work as the teacher monitors their progress daily. Due dates are posted both in the classroom and online. Checks for Understanding/Sketchbook Assignments are required for art students. These assignments will have due dates and students will have at least one to two weeks to complete them. The assignments will be given one week in advance. If a student is absent on the due date, they must turn in the work on the day they return to class. If a student has been absent several days prior, they will have the opportunity to turn in work the = # days absent after the due date. Failure to turn in these required lessons will affect the art student’s grade. These CFU’s are the technical training for unit projects. Unit coursework must be completed within assessment guidelines. All unit coursework must be submitted before the unit project assessment deadline. Redo, retakes and “NS” work, when offered, are at the discretion of the teacher. Work must be completed before the end of the quarter in which the work as assigned. Per our district grading policy, extra credit will not be offered in Studio Art 1.

Art Notebook: Art 1 students will be required to maintain and Art Notebook. A 1 ½ ‘view-front’ 3 ring binder, 5 dividers, and a wide ruled 1 subject spiral notebook need to be purchased by the student. The notebook will be divided into sections as follows: Cover Sheet- Introductory Project.

Section 1- Checks for Understanding/Practice: Sketchbooks are a requirement for Art 1 students and are part of the curriculum.

Section 2- Line/Shape

Section 3- Texture

Section 4- Value

Section 5- Color

Displays and Exhibitions: Student’s work will be displayed as often as possible throughout the building. Select pieces of student work will also be displayed in art shows throughout the Valley!

Tardy Policy: if you are not IN the classroom at the assigned time of class- YOU ARE TARDY!! Our department follows Chaparral’s tardy policies outlined in our Visual Arts Course brochure.

CELL PHONES: NO TALKING, TEXTING, SNAPPING, GAME PLAYING ON CELL PHONES AT ANY TIME!

Attendance Policy: The Art Department follows the Chaparral’s Attendance and Discipline policies outlined in the SUSD and Chaparral codes of conduct as well as out Visual Arts Brochure.

Welcome to Studio Art 1!! I look forward to watching your creative potential grow and flourish!!